Why Survive?: Being Old in America
by Robert N. Butler
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The author questions the value of long life for its own sake, arguing that modern medicine has ironically created a group for whom survival is possible but satisfaction elusive. He proposed reforms to redefine and restructure the institutions responsible for the elderly in America.Tags
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This was probably an excellent book in 1976, but it's extremely dated. Fun to see how some of his predictions have come true or not, though!
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Robert N. Butler, M.D., was the president and CEO of the International Longevity Center-USA and a professor of geriatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Why Survive? Being Old in America, he served as medical editor-in-chief of Geriatrics for more than a decade.
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- Sociology, Anthropology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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- 301.43 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology Formerly: Social structure Life stages
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- HQ1064 .U5 .B87 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Aged. Gerontology (Social aspects).
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